FC Dallas Falls to New York City FC

April 22, 2023 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Dallas News Release

FLUSHING, NY – FC Dallas (4-3-2, 14 points) falls 3-1 to New York City FC (4-2-3, 15 points) on Saturday night at Citi Field.

SCORING STREAK CONTINUES

FC Dallas has managed to score at least one goal in its last eight matches after being shutout against Minnesota United FC on February 25. FC Dallas has also scored in its last five road games. The last time Dallas had a run of more than eight consecutive MLS matches while scoring at least one goal was a run of nine straight from July to September 2018.

FIRST MLS GOAL

FC Dallas defender José Martínez scored his first career MLS goal in the 77th minute of tonight’s match. Martínez is in his third season for Dallas and has played in 58 matches, starting 53, including tonight’s.

HALF A HUNDRED

When he entered the match in the 76th minute for Marco Farfan, defender Sam Junqua registered his 50th MLS appearance. Junqua is in his first season with Dallas after spending his first four MLS seasons with Houston Dynamo FC.

UP NEXT

FC Dallas will head north to face Western Conference foe Minnesota United FC on Sunday, April 30 at 8PM CT. The match will be available on MLS Season Pass through Apple TV, FS1, Fox Deportes, the FC Dallas App and TUDN 1270AM.

Lineups

FC Dallas – Maarten Paes; Geovane Jesus (Ema Twumasi – 69′), Nkosi Tafari, José Martínez, Marco Farfan (Sam Junqua – 76′); Facundo Quignon (Jesús Ferreira – 57′), Sebastian Lletget, Paxton Pomykal (Tsiki Ntsabeleng – 69′), Paul Arriola, Jesús Jiménez (Bernard Kamungo – 69′), Jáder Obrian.

Substitutes not used – Jimmy Maurer, Sebastian Ibeagha, Nolan Norris, Edwin Cerrillo.

New York City FC – Luis Barraza; Mitja Ilenič, Thiago Martins, Maxime Chanot, Braian Cufré; Richard Ledezma (Alfredo Morales – 65′), James Sands, Keaton Parks; Gabriel Pereira (Matias Pellegrini – 78′), Santiago Rodriguez, Talles Magno (Andres Jasson – 78′).

Substitutes not used – Matt Freese, Justin Haak, Tony Alfaro, Tayvon Gray, Kevin O’Toole, Gabe Segal.

Scoring Summary:

NYC: Santiago Rodríguez – 44′

NYC: Santiago Rodríguez (Gabriel Pereira, Richard Ledezma) – 50′

NYC: Talles Magno – 55′

FCD: José Martínez (Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Jesús Ferreira) – 77′

Misconduct Summary:

FCD: Paxton Pomykal (caution) – 51′

FCD: Jáder Obrian (caution) – 66′

FCD: Paul Arriola (caution) – 71′

NYC: Santiago Rodríguez (caution) – 90′

Weather: Cloudy, 60°F

FC DALLAS POSTGAME QUOTES

Head Coach Nico Estévez

It didn’t seem like the team possessed the…